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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: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.

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

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, February 24, 2020 · Certiorari denied

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)