Sanders McDaniel Carter v. Dexter Payne, Director, Arkansas Division of Correction
HabeasCorpus
Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit impose an improper and unduly burdensome Certificate of Appealability (COA) standard
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit impose an improper and unduly burdensome Certificate of Appealability (COA) standard that contravened, the Supreme Court’s precedents in , Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), and created a divergent from the gatekeeping provision established by Congress in 1996, 28 U.S.C.A. §2255(h)(i), Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), when the U.S. District Court Judge denied Carter’s motion to reopen, Carter’s case, via an independent action by the court pursuant to Rule 60(d)(1), of the FED.R.Civ.P., and obtain federal habeas corpus review of his Brady violation claim?