No. 24-6888

Russell Wayne Driver v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-03-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability constitutional-error fifth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance sentencing-claim
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-04-25
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit's denial of a certificate of appealability for a §2255 claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is irreconcilable with controlling precedent

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether the Fifth Circuit ’s denial of a certificate of appealability, where the district court erred or alternatively abused its discretion by denying Mr. Driver's §2255 claim that counsel was constitutionally ineffective in connection with his sentencing, on a record that did not conclusively negate the factual predicates for the claim, and where no evidentiary hearing was held, is irreconcilable with controlling precedent, such that this Court should remand to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit with instructions to issue a certificate of appealability? 4, -ii

Docket Entries

2025-04-28
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/25/2025.
2025-04-03
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2025-04-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2025-03-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 28, 2025)
2025-02-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 30, 2025)

Attorneys

Enrique Diaz
Enrique Diaz — Petitioner
Russell W. Driver
Russell Wayne Driver — Petitioner
Russell Wayne Driver — Petitioner
United States
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent
Sarah M. HarrisActing Solicitor General, Respondent