Byron McCollum v. United States
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Whether the Eleventh Circuit's denial of a Certificate of Appealability can be construed as an unauthorized merits determination
QUESTIONS PRESENTED : 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit's denial of..aio: . : Certificate of Appealability, stating only . . he that the Petitioner "has failed to make .a-. a substantial showing of the denial of .a -: Lin: constitutional right," can, under the facts ©... . and circumstances of this case, be construed. owes ne as unauthorized merits determination of the «=... . . os claim of ineffective assistance of counsel: :.: presented? tm Et : ~ 2. Whether the Eleventh Circuit's decision ane borers oe denying a Certificate of Appealability, a oa moe, decision amounting to an unauthorized merits: stoi 2: determination thereby deciding an -appeal>.-:-Pree mo without jurisdiction, should be, and is,.nudd :. tee. Fo, and void? : ye! 3. Whether the Court should grant, ‘vacate, and |.» . Coe . remand this case to the Eleventh Circuit-for: 9) o:.. Lo ‘ reconsideration for a Certificate. -of:. cst 0 a Appealability fn light of and in line -with. :-ty : : : this Court's interpretation of 28 U.S.C. § 2.7. Sl vate bo. 2253Cc) in Slack v. McDaniel, 529 :°U.S. be gb ye 473 (2000), Miller-El_v. Cockrell, --° 537.0n5. mili el LT . U.S. 322. (2005), and Buck v. Davis, 197 Cog ee L. Ed. 2d 1 €2017)? re foes ~~ -i