No. 22-5904

Matthew S. Becker v. George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al.

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2022-10-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-procedure certificate-of-appealability circuit-split habeas-corpus judicial-review standard-of-review standards threshold-determination
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2022-12-09
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Court should clarify and resolve the circuit split on the standards to be utilized when deciding the threshold determination on whether to issue a certificate of appealability?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED WHETHER THE COURT SHOULD CLARIFY AND RESOLVE THE CIRCUIT SPLIT ON THE STANDARDS TO BE UTILIZED WHEN DECIDING THE THRESHOLD DETERMINATION ON WHETHER TO ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY? ii

Docket Entries

2022-12-12
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022.
2022-11-21
Waiver of right of respondent George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al. to respond filed.
2022-08-31
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 25, 2022)

Attorneys

George Little, Acting Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, et al.
Andrew James GonzalezLancaster County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Andrew James GonzalezLancaster County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
Matthew Becker
Edward J. Rymsza IIIMiele & Rymsza, P.C., Petitioner
Edward J. Rymsza IIIMiele & Rymsza, P.C., Petitioner