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Wes Perkins v. Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 18-50675 · judgment February 27, 2019

Certiorari denied · October 21, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

Questions presented

Parties to Habeas

  1. Was DAVIS improperly included? (5th.Cir.)

  2. Was PAXTON improperly dismissed? (W.D.Tex.) Electronic filing

  3. Did PITMAN abuse discretion in disallowing Perkins’s electronic filing? Actual Innocence

  4. Is Perkins “actually innocent?” Certificate of Appealability

  5. Did the Fifth Cir. abuse discretion denying the Certificate?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Wesley E. Perkins

For respondent
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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, October 21, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 21 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Oct 02 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/18/2019.
  3. May 25 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 20, 2019)