Starkes v. United States
- Lorna Schofield
- 1:20-cv-00265
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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Starkes v. United States: Judge Schofield’s judgment denied Starkes’s petition, declined a certificate of appealability, denied appeal-related fee waiver, and closed the case.
Quentin Starkes, whose petition was denied, and the United States, which received judgment in its favor.
What happened
In Starkes v. United States, the court denied Quentin Starkes’s petition for the reasons given in a separate opinion and order dated January 23, 2023.
The court said no certificate of appealability would issue because Starkes had not made the required showing that a constitutional right was denied. It also found that an appeal on the merits would not be taken in good faith and denied permission to appeal without paying court fees.
Judge Lorna Schofield’s judgment entered judgment for the United States and closed the case.
The detailed version
- Starkes v. United States · No. 1:20-cv-00265
- Lorna Schofield
- Jan. 23, 2023
Background
The judgment concerns a petition filed by Quentin Starkes against the United States. It states that the reasons for the decision were provided in a separate Opinion and Order dated January 23, 2023. That separate opinion is not included in the provided text, so the petition’s specific claims and the court’s substantive reasoning cannot be summarized here.
Rulings
The court denied the petition. It ruled that a certificate of appealability would not issue because Starkes had not made a substantial showing that a constitutional right had been denied. A certificate of appealability is required for an appeal in this type of proceeding.
The court also certified that an appeal from the judgment on the merits would not be taken in good faith and therefore denied permission to appeal without prepaying court fees. The judgment entered judgment in favor of the United States and stated that the case was closed.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.