Standard for the Denial of an Inmate's Certificate of Appealability and Funding for Investigative and Expert Assistance in an Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim

In Crutsinger v. Stephens , 540 F. App'x 310 (5th Cir, 2013), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals denied an inmate's request for a certificate of appealability (COA) with regard to his ineffective assistance of counsel (IAC) claim. The IAC claim alleged that counsel failed to investigate “red flags