Search for: "Habeas Corpus Cases"
Results 2441 - 2460
of 4,148
Sort by Relevance
|
Sort by Date
9 Mar 2011, 4:41 pm
"We have stated many times that 'federal habeas corpus relief does not lie for errors of state law.'" Swarthout, at 4 (quoting Estelle v. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 11:42 am
If the state were correct, then the one-year AEDPA limitations period would have expired before Kholi filed his federal petition for habeas corpus. [read post]
9 Mar 2011, 5:00 am
Is a writ of habeas corpus with its limitations necessary or can a defendant file a civil rights suit pursuant to 42 U.S.C.1983. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 9:43 am
Alaimalo was actually innocent and failing to consider his habeas petition would result in manifest injustice. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 8:34 am
Federal appeals courts have differed over whether such cases can be filed under civil rights law.The high court today reiterated that in cases where a prisoner's release from custody is the goal, filing a habeas corpus case is the only remedy. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 8:08 am
Section 1983 suits are often more attractive to prisoners than habeas petitions because Congress and the Supreme Court have placed significant barriers in the path of inmates seeking habeas corpus. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 7:21 am
Kholi that an inmate’s plea for a reduced sentence tolls the statute of limitations for filing a federal habeas corpus petition. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 5:01 am
Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) a writ of habeas corpus in Federal Court is only timely if it is filed within one year of the case becoming final on direct appeal. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 8:25 pm
Obama’s order states that the PRB will not interfere with the ongoing habeas corpus litigation. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 1:13 pm
The Texas state and federal courts — hearing Skinner’s habeas corpus pleas — refused to allow post-conviction testing of biological evidence, including blood, hair, fingernail clippings and vaginal swabs. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 12:13 pm
Jackson (relisted after 2/18 and 2/25 Conferences) Docket: 10-797 Issue(s): Whether a ruling by the court of appeals on habeas, reversing a district court’s decision and finding a state prosecutor’s proffered race-neutral bases for peremptorily striking two out of three African-American jurors insufficient, satisfies the restrictions on habeas corpus relief imposed by Congress in 28 U.S.C. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 8:06 am
The case concerns the time limits for filing a federal petition for habeas corpus under AEDPA, which generally allows inmates one year to file a petition, but tolls the time limit while the inmate’s case is on “collateral review” in the state courts. [read post]
4 Mar 2011, 9:11 am
This edition of “Petitions to watch” features cases up for consideration at the Justices’ March 4 conference. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 9:04 pm
The SOL is introduced into state habeas corpus petitions, where none existed before. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 2:10 pm
Inexplicably, the Bush Administration Justice Department dragged its feet and did not publish final regulations until the end of the Administration.The California Habeas Corpus Resource Center then commenced litigation to block the regulations, something it is not authorized to do under the statute creating it, and filed in a federal district court that would be subject to the time limits, a court Congress intended to cut out of this process due to its conflict of interest. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 8:10 am
Clearly Kiyemba was written not simply to control the Uighur cases but to control every habeas case, depriving district courts of any power to order or facilitate a judicial remedy. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 6:08 pm
Supreme Court unanimously reversed a 9th Circuit habeas corpus ruling. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 1:34 pm
Jackson (relisted after 2/18 and 2/25 Conferences) Docket: 10-797 Issue(s): Whether a ruling by the court of appeals on habeas, reversing a district court’s decision and finding a state prosecutor’s proffered race-neutral bases for peremptorily striking two out of three African-American jurors insufficient, satisfies the restrictions on habeas corpus relief imposed by Congress in 28 U.S.C. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 1:32 pm
” If the case wasn’t a misdemeanor, you see, I filed the wrong sort of writ of habeas corpus—an 11.09 writ rather than an 11.07 writ. [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 12:11 pm
Jonathan has litigated leading national security habeas corpus cases, including Al-Marri v. [read post]
