Hall v. Falk

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY *

James Wilfred Hall seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 application as an unauthorized second or successive application. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2), (3). We deny a COA and dismiss this matter.

Mr. Hall was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to imprisonment for life without parole. After challenging his conviction in the state courts, he filed a § 2254 application for federal habeas relief in 2012, arguing that his conviction was void for lack of subject matter…