No. 21-5778

Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-09-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-court circuit-split district-court habeas-corpus judicial-review legal-standard merits-analysis merits-ruling standard-of-review
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Securities
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a court of appeals violate the threshold certificate of appealability (COA) standard when it adopts the district court's merits rulings as its own COA analysis?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does a court of appeals violate the threshold certificate of appealability (COA) standard when it adopts the district court’s merits rulings as its own COA analysis? 2. May a court of appeals categorically forbid granting a COA to any petitioner who challenges existing circuit precedent, even when there is an unresolved circuit split on the issue the petitioner seeks to appeal? i LIST OF DIRECTLY

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-11-29
Reply of petitioner Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson filed. (Distributed)
2021-11-16
Brief of respondent Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections in opposition filed.
2021-10-26
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including November 22, 2021.
2021-10-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from October 25, 2021 to November 22, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2021-09-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 25, 2021)

Attorneys

Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson
Sean Talmage GunnFederal Public Defender for the Northern District of Florida, Petitioner
Sean Talmage GunnFederal Public Defender for the Northern District of Florida, Petitioner
Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent
Carolyn M. SnurkowskiOffice of the Attorney General, Respondent