No. 21-7192

Thomas Johnny Wilkins v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-02-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: circuit-court-interpretation civil-rights due-process evidentiary-standards federal-procedure habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judicial-review new-evidence supreme-court-precedent supreme-court-supervisory-power
Latest Conference: 2022-04-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether new reliable evidence for the purpose of Schlup's actual innocence gateway must be newly discovered, previously unavailable evidence or related evidence that was available but not presented at trial calls for the exercise of the Supreme Court's supervisory power?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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Docket Entries

2022-08-01
Rehearing DENIED.
2022-07-07
DISTRIBUTED.
2022-05-02
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2022-04-25
Petition DENIED.
2022-04-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/22/2022.
2022-02-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 28, 2022)

Attorneys

Thomas Johnny Wilkins
Thomas Johnny Wilkins — Petitioner