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Charles Lee Gillenwater v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-35458 · judgment December 15, 2017


Certiorari denied · May 21, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Did not the U.S. Court of Appeals abuse its discretion by refusing to grant a certificate of appealability in a case where the District Court judge was accused in the habeas corpus petition, of having a conflict of interest, based upon his abuse of discretion during the pre, post and trial portions of the proceedings; should not the case be remanded to the Ninth Circuit to review the District Court Order and conduct an inquiry to determine if there has been substantial governmental interference, based upon the Ninth Circuit's own conclusion in Soo Park v. Thompson, 851 F.3d 910, Ninth Circuit (2017)?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Charles Lee Gillenwater

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 21 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 01 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/17/2018.
  3. Apr 20 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Mar 28 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 14, 2018)