Legal Opinion
Anthony Edwards v. United States of America, Eduardo Ferrufino v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 30, 1997No. 96-3096, 96-3641PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BY THE COURT:
These 28 U.S.C. § 2255 matters are before us pursuant to motions filed by the government. The motions are “[F]or a Limited Remand with Instructions that the District Court Issue a Certificate of Appealability or State the Reasons Why Such a Certificate Should Not Issue and For a Stay of this Appeal.” The motions are granted.
In granting the motions, we decide today that the federal courts and litigants in this circuit must treat requests for certificates of appealability (COAs) involving 28 U.S.C. § 2254 or 28 U.S.C. § 2255 in the same way. To be more specific, we also prescribe…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. Scott Evan JonesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- Willie Clisby, Cross-Appellant v. Charlie Jones, Warden, Holman Unit, Alabama Department of Corrections, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1992
- Piambino v. BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Alfred Octave Morrill, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Marcus Lozada and Jose Orlando Mieles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by31 opinions
- United States v. Mitchell, Dennis L.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2000
- United States v. CarterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Charles Larry Jones v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
- Pruitt v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- United States v. FutchCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
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