No. 24-5979

Robert Seth Denton v. Chris Brun, Warden

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: exhaustion-doctrine habeas-corpus petition-review procedural-error sixth-circuit state-remedies
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Sixth Circuit err in denying permission to appeal a § 2254 petition when no state remedies were available to exhaust?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Did the sixth Circuit Eire in Denying Permission to Appeal? , 2. Did the District Court Error in dismissing Petitioner’s § 2254 Petition for failure to ; , : exhaust State remedies, when there were no State remedics to exhaust? . . 3. Did the District Court Error in finding that the Petition was now moot, when the State only heard Petitioner’s Motion For New Trial after § 2254 Petition was filed and Petitioner has still not had an appeal in State Court? 4. Did the District Court Error in finding that the five (5) year delay was attributable to Petitioner rather than to the State? © 2 , : PARTIES : : ; Oo ROBERT SETH DENTON, is an individual serving a sentence in the Tennessee’ | . Department of Corrections. There is no corrporation involed in this case. : 3

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-10-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 16, 2024)

Attorneys

Robert Seth Denton
Robert Seth Denton — Petitioner