Herring v. United States of America

What the judgment says

The judgment concerns Jeffrey Herring’s petition in Case No. 20-CV-9752 and displays the related criminal case, Case No. 16-CR-302, in the caption. It states that the petition was dismissed for the reasons given in the Court’s order dated November 6, 2025. The supplied judgment does not provide the claims raised in the petition or the reasons stated in that earlier order.

Rulings

The court dismissed the petition with prejudice. It entered judgment for the United States in Case No. 20-CV-9752 and closed that case.

The court did not issue a certificate of appealability. A certificate of appealability is a document required for an appeal in certain federal post-conviction proceedings; the court stated that Herring had not made a substantial showing that a constitutional right was denied.

The court also certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that an appeal from the judgment on the merits would not be taken in good faith. The judgment does not state that an appeal is categorically barred; it records the court’s certification concerning good faith and the absence of a certificate of appealability.

Classification note

This summary classifies the matter as a procedural order because the supplied judgment does not itself explain whether the dismissal reached the petition’s underlying legal claims. The referenced November 6 order, which may contain that information, was not provided. Judge Kenneth Karas is the judge identified in the case information, although the judgment document was entered by the clerk’s office.