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Damen Rabb v. Christian Pfeiffer, Warden

IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 20-55204 · judgment January 14, 2021


Certiorari denied · October 4, 2021

Questions presented

The questions presented are as follows:

  1. After a court of appeals finds that a petitioner has met the prima facie threshold to proceed in a successive petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2)(B), does due process require that the district court give the petitioner a fair opportunity to provide proof supporting his claims, including his claim that he is innocent, when the petitioner previously made repeated diligent efforts to stay his original appellate proceeding in order to further develop the record, but was prevented by the courts from returning to the district court to do so?

  2. Did the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’ summary denial of a certificate of appealability disregard the standards guiding COA determinations?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Brian Marc Pomerantz
Law Offices of Brian M. Pomerantz

For respondent
Ana Rosa Duarte
State of California, Office of the Attorney General

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Oct 04 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 01 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
  3. Jun 28 2021
    Waiver of right of respondent Christian Pfeiffer to respond filed.
  4. Jun 14 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 19, 2021)