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Randy Lavern Lee v. Beth Skinner, Director, Iowa Department of Corrections, et al.
IFP petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, No. 26-1468 · judgment May 20, 2026
Question presented
Whether a certificate of appealability should have issued on the question of whether Randy Lee’s state-court conviction was “final” for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A) when, although the conviction had become final on direct review in 2021, a state court subsequently vacated the conviction and sentence in June 2024, only for the Iowa Court of Appeals to later reverse that order?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Randy Lavern Lee
For respondent
Darrel Mullins
Iowas Dept. of Justice
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 08 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2026.
- Oct 06 2026Waiver of right of respondent Beth Skinner, et al. to respond filed.
- Aug 18 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 19, 2026)