David Isaiah Garris v. Charles S. Lindsay, Administrator, Maximum Security Facility

Appellant, a District of Columbia prisoner, noticed this appeal from the District Court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The Government moves to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Since appellant has not obtained a certificate of probable cause to appeal 1 or shown that a certificate is warranted, we are without power to entertain the appeal. Accordingly, we grant the motion.

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Appellant was convicted in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia of murder and related offenses. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions, specifically…