Weeks v. Jones
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
This appeal presents the first-impression issue for our circuit of whether the right to appointment of counsel in capital habeas corpus cases under 21 U.S.C. § 848(q)(4)(B) depends on the ultimate merits of a death-sentenced prisoner’s habeas claims. After appointing counsel, the district judge sua sponte found that the federal habeas petition was frivolous, set aside the.appointment order under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(a), and thereby prevented payment of the capital petitioner’s attorneys. We REVERSE.
I. BACKGROUND
The petitioner-appellant, Varnall Weeks, was executed on May 12,…
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