No. 24-7000

Avery B. Crawford v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-04-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: certificate-of-appealability confrontation-clause due-process fifth-circuit habeas-corpus self-representation
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-06-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit failed to review the Certificate of Appealability (COA) process and whether the Federal District Court improperly procedurally barred review of constitutional claims related to self-representation and confrontation

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether the Fifth Circuit failed or abandoned it's Constitutional 1. duty to review Mr. Crawford's Certificate of Appea ;ability (COA) process, because he did not reprise all the grounds previously submitted during the §2254 forum? Whether the Federal District Court's adoption in procedurally barring Mr. Crawford from review, adjudication, and relief; because "he failed to raise the denial of self representation on direct appeal?2. Whether the Federal District Court's ruling was objectively un reasonable and contrary to United States Supreme Court precedent, in denying relief; because the officer responded to a 911 call, excuses the violation of United States Constitution Confrontation3. Clause? Whether the Federal District Court's adoption of the trial courts ruling that an affidavit proving Mr. Crawford's innocence and his conviction fundamentally unfair; was not newly discovered evidence because it could have been had before?4. II.

Docket Entries

2025-06-16
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/12/2025.
2025-04-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 15, 2025)

Attorneys

Avery B. Crawford
Avery B. Crawford — Petitioner
Avery B. Crawford — Petitioner