No. 21-6254

Deante Blackman v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-924(c) aiding-and-abetting circuit-precedent crime-of-violence habeas-corpus overruling-precedent procedural-default witness-murder
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Patent JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-12-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether cause exists to excuse a habeas petitioner's procedural default

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. | Whether cause exists to excuse a habeas petitioner’s procedural default when near-unanimous circuit precedent foreclosed the petitioner’s claim or when this Court explicitly overrules one of its precedents. 2. Whether the offense of aiding and abetting another who attempted to murder a witness is a “crime of violence” under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)’s force clause. i

Docket Entries

2021-12-13
Petition DENIED.
2021-11-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/10/2021.
2021-11-19
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-11-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 13, 2021)

Attorneys

Deante Blackman
Adam LabonteFederal Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent