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United States v. Pulido

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA
May 16, 2017
Case No. 2:11-CR-00102-APG-CWH (D. Nev. May. 16, 2017)

Opinion

Case No. 2:11-CR-00102-APG-CWH

05-16-2017

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. MITCHELL PULIDO, Defendant.


ORDER GRANTING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

I denied defendant Mitchell Pulido's motion to correct his sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. ECF No. 77. To appeal that order, Pulido must receive a certificate of appealability. To obtain that certificate, Pulido "must make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, a demonstration that . . . includes showing that reasonable jurists could debate whether (or, for that matter, agree that) the petition should have been resolved in a different manner or that the issues presented were adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further." This standard is "lenient."

Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 483-84 (2000) (quotation omitted).

Hayward v. Marshall, 603 F.3d 546, 553 (9th Cir. 2010) (en banc).

When applying the "hopeless tangle" "of inconsistent case law" that makes up the categorical test, reasonable jurists often disagree. Although I follow the Ninth Circuit's lead in holding that Pulido's convictions qualify as crimes of violence, other courts have held otherwise. I thus grant Pulido's request for a certificate of appealability. / / / / / / / / / / / /

United States v. Ladwig, 192 F. Supp. 3d 1153 (E.D. Wash. 2016) (noting that this test "has stymied law clerks and judges alike in a morass of inconsistent case law").

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the defendant is granted a certificate of appealability.

DATED this 16th day of May.

/s/_________

ANDREW P. GORDON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE


Summaries of

United States v. Pulido

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA
May 16, 2017
Case No. 2:11-CR-00102-APG-CWH (D. Nev. May. 16, 2017)
Case details for

United States v. Pulido

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. MITCHELL PULIDO, Defendant.

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA

Date published: May 16, 2017

Citations

Case No. 2:11-CR-00102-APG-CWH (D. Nev. May. 16, 2017)