No. 21-5613

Byron McCollum v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 28-usc-2253c certificate-of-appealability constitutional-rights eleventh-circuit ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review merits-determination slack-v-mcdaniel unauthorized-merits-determination
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-10-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eleventh Circuit's denial of a Certificate of Appealability can be construed as an unauthorized merits determination

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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

Docket Entries

2021-10-12
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/8/2021.
2021-09-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-08-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 8, 2021)

Attorneys

Byron McCollum
Byron McCollum — Petitioner
United States
Brian H. FletcherActing Solicitor General, Respondent