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Terrence Pendergrass v. United States

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, No. 20-787 · judgment August 11, 2020

Certiorari denied · January 11, 2021
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability

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

Question presented

I. Contrary to the holding in Buck v. Davis, 137 S. Ct. 759 (2017), did the Second Circuit err in denying Petitioner’s motion for a certificate of appealability where the district court conducted a merits analysis in summarily dismissing petitioner’s motion to vacate sentence?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Noell Peter Tin
Tin Fulton Walker & Owen, PLLC

For respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Jan 11 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Dec 02 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
  3. Nov 30 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
  4. Nov 05 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 10, 2020)