Ifill v. Lamanna
- Valerie Caproni
- 1:21-cv-02993
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Ifill v. Lamanna, Judge Caproni denied Richard Ifill’s petition, declined a certificate of appealability, and closed the case.
Richard Ifill’s petition was denied; the judgment also limited appellate options by declining a certificate of appealability and denying permission to appeal without paying filing fees. Amy Lamanna was the respondent.
What happened
Richard Ifill filed a petition against Amy Lamanna, identified as superintendent of Five Points Correctional Facility. The judgment does not describe the petition’s underlying claims or the parties’ arguments.
The court adopted a report and recommendation in full and denied Ifill’s petition. It declined to issue a certificate of appealability, finding that Ifill had not made the required substantial showing of a denial of a federal right.
Judge Valerie Caproni’s court also denied permission to appeal without paying filing fees, certified that an appeal would not be taken in good faith, and closed the case.
The detailed version
- Ifill v. Lamanna · No. 1:21-cv-02993
- Valerie Caproni
- July 18, 2022
Background
Richard Ifill was the petitioner, and Amy Lamanna, identified as superintendent of Five Points Correctional Facility, was the respondent. The supplied judgment does not explain the claims in Ifill’s petition, the parties’ arguments, or the reasoning in the court’s July 14, 2022 order.
Ruling
The court adopted the report and recommendation in full and denied Ifill’s petition. Because the supplied text contains no merits analysis and refers to a separate order for the reasons, it does not show what legal issue the petition raised or why the petition was denied.
The court declined to issue a certificate of appealability. It stated that Ifill had not made a substantial showing that a federal right had been denied, so appellate review was not warranted. The court also certified that any appeal would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without paying filing fees. The case was closed.
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