Patterson v. Pingotti
- Vincent Briccetti
- 7:16-cv-04259
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Patterson v. Pingotti: Judge Briccetti denied Patterson’s habeas petition, declined a certificate of appealability, and denied fee-free appeal status.
Joseph Patterson’s habeas petition was denied; the court also denied him a certificate of appealability and permission to appeal without paying filing fees, and closed the case.
What happened
In Joseph Patterson v. Louis Pingotti, the court adopted an earlier report and recommendation after finding no error and denied Patterson’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
The court also declined to issue a certificate of appealability because Patterson had not made the required showing of a constitutional-right violation. It denied permission to appeal without paying filing fees and closed the case.
Judge Vincent Briccetti is identified in the case information, while the judgment itself is signed by the court clerk. The judgment does not explain the underlying reasons for denying the petition.
The detailed version
- Patterson v. Pingotti · No. 7:16-cv-04259
- Vincent Briccetti
- Apr. 6, 2021
Background
Joseph Patterson filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus against Louis Pingotti. The judgment refers to an earlier court order dated April 5, 2021, a report and recommendation (a magistrate judge’s recommended decision), and the underlying record. The provided judgment does not describe the legal grounds of Patterson’s petition or the substance of the earlier recommendation.
Ruling
The court stated that it had carefully reviewed the report and recommendation and the underlying record and found “no error, clear or otherwise.” It adopted the report and recommendation as the court’s opinion and denied the habeas petition.
Appeal-related rulings
The court stated that Patterson had not made a substantial showing that a constitutional right was denied, so it ordered that no certificate of appealability would issue. A certificate of appealability is a document generally required to appeal the denial of a federal habeas petition.
The court also certified that any appeal would not be taken in good faith under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) and denied permission to appeal without paying filing fees. The case was closed.
Scope of the judgment
The provided text does not state whether the habeas petition was denied on the merits or on a procedural ground. Because the judgment adopts the report and recommendation without explaining its analysis, the classification here treats the ruling as a procedural habeas disposition under the stated classification rules.
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