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Keontae Nelson v. Tim Shoop, Warden
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 25-3992 · judgment May 12, 2026
Question presented
Whether 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) permits a court of appeals to deny a certificate of appealability by first resolving the ultimate merits under § 2254(d) and then declaring that no reasonable jurist could disagree, when the district court denied a certificate in part because no prior case showed disagreement on materially similar facts.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Rhys Brendan Cartwright-Jones
N/A
For respondent
Mathura Jaya Sridharan
Ohio Attorney General's Office
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Sep 03 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 31 2026Waiver of right of respondent Tim Shoop to respond filed.
- Aug 10 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 14, 2026)