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James Saylor v. Taggart Boyd, Interim Warden
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 20-1133 · judgment June 2, 2020
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether summary judgment may be utilized to dispose of a federal habeas petition in light of AEDPA.
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Whether a State’s failure to address a gateway actual innocence claim constitutes deliberate waiver.
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Whether a gateway actual innocence claim may be made if new evidence makes it “more likely than not any reasonable juror would have reasonable doubt.” House v. Bell, 547 U.S. 518, 538 (2006).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Brandon Creighton Sample
Brandon Sample PLLC
For respondent
James A. Campbell
Alliance Defending Freedom
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Mar 22 2021Petition DENIED.
- Feb 24 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
- Feb 19 2021Waiver of right of respondent Taggart Boyd to respond filed.
- Jan 21 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 18, 2021)