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Paul Ross Evans v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 18-50669 · judgment July 24, 2019

Certiorari denied · February 24, 2020
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

  1. When a motion under Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 60(b) is granted with respect to a prisoner’s first application under 28 U.S.C. 2255, whether a subsequent amendment to that same proceeding under section 2255 may potentially be questioned in view of 28 U.S.C. 2244(b)(3)(A) as being a second or successive application?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Paul Ross Evans

For respondent
Noel John Francisco
Jones Day

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 24 2020
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jan 15 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
  3. Jan 07 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Dec 18 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 30, 2020)