No. 24-7454

William Demont White, Jr. v. Lisa Stenseth, Warden

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-06-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 28-usc-2253 certificate-of-appealability federal-court habeas-corpus procedural-grounds reasonable-jurists
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a federal court may find that 'reasonable jurists would not disagree' about denying a certificate of appealability when other courts have resolved similar issues favorably to a habeas petitioner

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that “reasonable jurists would not disagree” about the denial of relief on procedural grounds where other courts have resolved the issue, on simila r facts, in a manner favorable to habeas petitioner’s position?

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-09
Waiver of right of respondent Lisa Stenseth, Warden, Rush City Correctional Facility, Minnesota to respond filed.
2025-04-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 18, 2025)

Attorneys

Lisa Stenseth, Warden, Rush City Correctional Facility, Minnesota
Lisa Lodin — Respondent
Lisa Lodin — Respondent
William White, Jr.
Zachary Allen Longsdorf — Petitioner
Zachary Allen Longsdorf — Petitioner