Sixth Circuit· 5/6/2020

Christopher Moody v. United States

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958 F.3d 485

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explaining that § 2253(c)(2) “means ‘showing that reasonable jurists could debate whether’ relief should have been granted” (quoting Slack, 529 U.S. at 484)
referring to the jury instructions as “a user’s manual” for the verdict form
recognizing our discretion to excuse forfeitures
“If no fair-minded jurist (even one sympathetic to the claim) could doubt that the state-court decision was defensible, the claim should not be certified.”
“Of course, failing to raise wholly meritless claims is neither deficient nor prejudicial.” (citations omitted)
“Again, a certificate is improper if any outcome- determinative issue is not reasonably debatable.”

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