Owens v. Keyser
- 1:18-cv-11638
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Owens v. Keyser, the court denied Owens’s habeas petition and denied him fee-free appeal status.
Ricky Owens’s federal habeas petition was denied, and he was denied permission to appeal without paying filing fees. William Keyser was the respondent.
What happened
In Owens v. Keyser, the court adopted the report and recommendation in full and denied Ricky Owens’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus under federal law.
The judgment also stated that any appeal would not be taken in good faith, so the court denied Owens permission to appeal without paying filing fees. The case was closed.
The judgment was entered on May 13, 2021, by the court; the provided text does not identify the deciding judge by name.
The detailed version
- Owens v. Keyser · No. 1:18-cv-11638
- May 13, 2021
Ruling
The court adopted the report and recommendation in its entirety and denied Ricky Owens’s application for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The provided judgment does not state whether the denial rested on the merits of Owens’s claims or on a procedural ground.
Appeal-fee ruling
The court certified under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) that any appeal from the order would not be taken in good faith. It therefore denied Owens permission to appeal without paying the required filing fees. The judgment stated that the case was closed.
Disposition
The habeas petition was denied, permission to appeal without paying filing fees was denied, and the case was closed. The provided text is a judgment that refers to a separate May 13, 2021 order and adopted report and recommendation; it does not include the reasoning needed to determine whether the habeas ruling was a merits decision.
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