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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 1.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, an Eleventh Circuit decision below, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Questions presented

This case presents the following questions:

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).
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

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

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