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Carl Skidmore v. Joe A. Lizarraga, Warden

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 19-15643 · judgment May 7, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 5, 2020

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

I. Whether a certificate of appealability should have issued to address the question whether a district court may deny a habeas corpus petition as “speculative” without conducting an evidentiary hearing. II. Whether a certificate of appealability should have issued to address the question whether de novo review of a claim of cumulative error requires de novo review of the underlying errors.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
James S. Thomson
James Thomson, Attorney and Counselor at Law

For respondent
Gregory A. Ott
California Attorney General's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Oct 05 2020
Petition DENIED.
Aug 19 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Aug 13 2020
Waiver of right of respondent Joe Lizarraga to respond filed.
Aug 05 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 11, 2020)