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Banister v. Davis

Supreme Court of the United States
Jun 24, 2019
139 S. Ct. 2742 (2019)

Opinion

No. 18–6943.

06-24-2019

Gregory Dean BANISTER, petitioner, v. Lorie DAVIS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division.


Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted, and petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted limited to the following question: Whether and under what circumstances a timely Rule 59(e) motion should be recharacterized as a second or successive habeas petition under Gonzalez v. Crosby, 545 U.S. 524, 125 S.Ct. 2641, 162 L.Ed.2d 480 (2005).


Summaries of

Banister v. Davis

Supreme Court of the United States
Jun 24, 2019
139 S. Ct. 2742 (2019)
Case details for

Banister v. Davis

Case Details

Full title:Gregory Dean BANISTER, petitioner, v. Lorie DAVIS, Director, Texas…

Court:Supreme Court of the United States

Date published: Jun 24, 2019

Citations

139 S. Ct. 2742 (2019)
204 L. Ed. 2d 1130

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