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Bryan Adrian Copeland v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, No. 19-13451 · judgment December 4, 2019

Certiorari denied · April 6, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 6% cert probability (95% interval 4%–10%)

Before the decision, about 1.6× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel with five or more prior petitions here, an Eleventh Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Questions presented

This case presents the following questions:

  1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the District Court and denying Copeland a Certificate of Appealability for § 2255 habeas review when the court departed from the threshold prescribed in Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322 (2003).

  2. Whether the Eleventh Circuit erred in affirming the District Court’s decision that Copeland did not make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Robert L. Sirianni Jr.
Brownstone, P.A.

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, April 6, 2020 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Apr 06 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 18 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/3/2020.
  3. Mar 09 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Feb 26 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 1, 2020)