No. 25-6110

Daniel Louis Jackson v. United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2025-11-14
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: district-court due-process habeas-proceeding judicial-review rule-60b writ-of-mandamus
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2025-12-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. DID THE DISTRICT COUNT'S NOTICE TO SUMMARILY DENY ANY RULE 60(b) MOTION WITHOUT THE
PERMISSION FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS AMOUNT TO NO ADEQUATE MEANS TO ATTAIN RELIEF?
IF SO, DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ABUSE ITS DISCRETION BY DENYING WRIT OF MANDAMUS?

II. DID THE DISTRICT COURT MAKE A MISTAKE OF LAW BY APPLYING IOWA STATE LAW INSTEAD OF
FEDERAL LAW TO DETERMINE THE VALIDITY OF AN ARREST? IF SO, DID IT AFFECT THE FAIRNESS
AND LEGALITY OF THE 2255 PROCEEDING UNDER RULE 60(b)(1)?

III. WAS IT A VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS FOR A NOTARY PUBLIC, RATHER THAN A JUDICIAL OFFICER,
TO DETERMINE PROBABLE CAUSE FOR AN ARREST WARRANT, CONTRARY TO FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS?
IF SO, DOES IT AMOUNT TO THE REOPENING OF AN HABEAS PROCEEDING?

IV. DID THE DISTRICT COURT FAIL IN ITS OVERSIGHT DUTY BY NOT REVIEWING THE AFFIDAVIT SUPPORTINC
THE WARRANT FOR ACCESSING FACEBOOK ACCOUNT, POTENTIALLY LEADING TO AN UNLAWFUL SEARCH
AND SEIZURE? IF SO, DID IT AMOUNT TO A DE NOVO REVIEW BY REOPENING THE HABEAS PROCEEDING?

V. DID THE DISTRICT COURT ERR BY NOT MAKING A DETERMINATION ON THE MERITS OF ONE OF THE
CLAIMS PRESENTED IN THE 2255 MOTION, THUS DENYING A FULL AND FAIR REVIEW? IF SO, DOES
IT MEET THE RULE 60(b) REQUIREMENTS TO REOPEN HABEAS PROCEEDING?

VI. DID THE DISTRICT COURT MISINTERPRET JACKSON'S RuLe 60(b)(1) MOTION AS A SECOND AND
SUCCESSIVE 2255, CONTRADICTING THE PRECEDENT SET IN KEMP V. UNITED STATES, REGARDING
JUDICIAL MISTAKES OF LAW? IF SO, DID THE COURT OF APPEALS ABUSE ITS DISCRETION BY
DENYING WRIT OF MANDAMUS?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the district court's summary denial of a Rule 60(b) motion without appellate court permission constitute an inadequate means of relief, and did the court of appeals abuse its discretion by denying a writ of mandamus?

Docket Entries

2025-12-15
Petition DENIED.
2025-11-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/12/2025.
2025-11-20
Waiver of USDC ND IA of right to respond submitted.
2025-11-20
Waiver of right of respondent USDC ND IA to respond filed.
2025-08-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 15, 2025)

Attorneys

Daniel Louis Jackson
Daniel Louis Jackson — Petitioner
USDC ND IA
D. John SauerSolicitor General, Respondent