Bryan Okeeif Thomas v. United States

Whether the court of appeals erred in denying a certificate of appealability by failing to apply the standard required by 28 U.S.C. 2253(c)(a) and Slack V. McDaniel/ 529 U.S. 473 (200)/ when reasonable jurists' could debate the district court's resolution of petitioner's 2255 claims.... Whether the district court and appeals court misapplied governing Supreme Court precedent by rejecting petitioner's claims of in­ effective counsel under Strickland V. Washington/ 466 U.S 668 (1984)/ when counsel fails to investigate or challenge government expert witness findings/ despite the defendant raising specific factual disputes regarding those findings at sentencing/ on direct appeal, and again during 2255 proceedings.... Whether the fifth and'Tourthtee’nth Amendments, together with equal protection and due process principles, guarantee a criminal defendant meaningful access to the evidence used against him before and after a summary denial of violated 28 U.S.C 2255(b) where the motion alleged specific, non-conclusory facts that, if true, would entitle the petitioner relief....