No. 24-6776
Edward Thomas James v. Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al.
IFP
Tags: 28-usc-2254 certificate-of-appealability evidentiary-hearing habeas-corpus mental-incapacity procedural-timeliness
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
HabeasCorpus Securities JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
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Question Presented (AI Summary)
Could reasonable jurists debate whether an evidentiary hearing should have been granted to resolve an unrebutted factual proffer that Mr. James' untimely 28 U.S.C. § 2254 filing was attributable to his longstanding mental incapacity?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
Under the threshold certificate of appealability standard, could reasonable jurists debate whether an evidentiary hearing should have been granted to resolve an unrebutted factual proffer that Mr. James ’ untimely 28 U.S.C. § 2254 filing was attributable to his longstanding mental incapacity ?
Docket Entries
2025-03-20
Application (24A891) referred to the Court.
2025-03-20
Application (24A891) for a stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice Thomas and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied.
2025-03-20
Petition DENIED.
2025-03-19
Reply of petitioner Edward Thomas James filed.
2025-03-19
Reply of applicant Edward Thomas James filed.
2025-03-18
Response to application from respondents Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. filed.
2025-03-18
Brief of respondents Ricky D. Dixon, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al. in opposition filed.
2025-03-17
Application (24A891) for a stay of execution of sentence of death, submitted to Justice Thomas.
2025-03-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed.
Attorneys
Edward Thomas James
Ricky Dixon