No. 24-7088

Sam Autry Fletcher v. Eric Guerrero, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-04-29
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-claims evidence-standard federal-courts habeas-corpus judicial-discretion statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does Title 28 U.S.C. §2254(e)(1) provide federal courts discretion to disregard clear and convincing evidence submitted by a state habeas petitioner that substantiates their claims?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1 1. Does Title 28 U.S.C. §2254(e)(l) or any other provision of the AEDBA, or any clearly established U.S. Supreme Court authority give frderal district or circuit courts discretion to disregard or ignore a state habeas petitioner's clear and convincing evidence which substantiates and proves true all of the petitioner's claims ;and, 1,therefore?, rebuts the §2254(e)(1) statutory presumption of correctness? 2. What form of recourse or type of redress is available to petitioner's that submit irrefutable digital audio, photographic,and other documented ary evidence that supports and proves the verity of all of theenetitiona petitioner's factual assertions and validity of Constitutional claims set forth in the Petitioner's 28 U.S.C. §2254 habeas petition, and the petitioner's proffered evidence is repetedly disregarded, ignored ^ and overlooked by all state and federal courts that reviewed or passed upon petitioner's claims?\ r -i

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Rehearing DENIED.
2025-12-10
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-07-25
Petition for Rehearing filed.
2025-06-30
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/26/2025.
2024-11-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 29, 2025)
2024-09-09
Application (24A247) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 12, 2024.
2024-08-28
Application (24A247) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 13, 2024 to November 12, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Sam Fletcher
Sam Autry Fletcher — Petitioner