Felder v. Texas

Felder · Supreme Court of the United States · January 20, 2015 · No. WR-35,031-04

Summary

The document is a pro se correspondence from Nathan Felder concerning Texas habeas corpus proceeding WR-35,031-04. Felder requests copies of the lower-court and Texas Court of Criminal Appeals opinions to correct and resubmit a petition for writ of certiorari in Felder v. Texas, following a deficiency notice from the Clerk of the United States Supreme Court. The document also includes certificates of service and declarations under penalty of perjury.

Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Texas
Decision date
January 20, 2015
Docket number
WR-35,031-04
Procedural posture
The source is a pro se request concerning a petition for writ of certiorari that had been returned by the Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States because required lower-court opinions were missing from the appendix.
Precedential value
none
Parties
Nathan Felder v. Texas
Disposition
other

Topics

appellate procedurestate post-conviction reliefpost-conviction reliefcriminal procedure

Practice areas

appellate procedurestate post-conviction reliefcriminal procedure

Key quotations

The lower court opinion(s) must be appended from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the Texas Court of Appeals
Unless the petition is submitted to this Office in corrected form within 60 days of the date of this letter, the petition will not be filed.

Factual background

The source contains no merits-level factual findings concerning the underlying criminal case. It shows that Nathan Felder, who identified himself as incarcerated, submitted or attempted to submit a petition for certiorari and later requested copies of lower-court opinions. The Supreme Court Clerk returned the petition because the required opinions were not included in the appendix.

Procedural history

Nathan Felder sought review of a Texas post-conviction proceeding identified as WR-35,031-04. The Supreme Court Clerk's December 2, 2014 letter stated that the petition had been returned and would not be filed unless corrected within sixty days to include the opinions of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the Texas Court of Appeals, as required by Supreme Court Rule 14.1(i). The document contains no judicial merits decision.

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