Goguen v. Commissioner of Correction

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of the petitioner's appeal because he failed to allege or demonstrate that the habeas court abused its discretion in denying certification to appeal. It held that a petitioner must expressly address that threshold requirement, although the petitioner may satisfy it by linking the merits argument to the claimed abuse of discretion, and self-represented litigants receive no exception. The court also exercised supervisory authority to require revisions to the standard habeas appeal notice and concluded that the petitioner's custody arguments would fail on the merits.