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Harold Persaud v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 20-3422 · judgment October 7, 2020


Certiorari denied · May 17, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether under Martinez v. Ryan1 and Trevino v. Thaler2 a Petitioner May Use Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) to Reopen a Proceeding Under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 on the Basis that Petitioner’s Original Section 2255 Habeas Counsel was Ineffective in Failing to Raise a Patent, Meritorious 2255 Claim, Thereby Creating a Defect in the Original 2255 Proceeding Which Authorizes Reopening the Proceeding under Gonzalez v. Crosby?3 1 Martinez v. Ryan, 132 S. Ct. 1309 (2012). 2 Trevino v. Thaler, 133 S. Ct. 1911 (2013). 3 Gonzalez v. Crosby, 545 U.S. 524 (2005).

Counsel of record

For petitioner
William Mallory Kent
Kent & McFarland

For respondent
Brian H. Fletcher
Acting Solicitor General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 17 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Apr 27 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
  3. Apr 21 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Apr 12 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 17, 2021)