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18 Oct 2010, 4:19 am by Second Circuit Civil Rights Blog
While Richardson won his habeas petition at the federal trial court, the Second Circuit Jacobs, Lynch and Restani [D.J.]), reverses, and Richardson's conviction stands.Under the 1996 habeas corpus law, since the Supreme Court has never addressed any case quite like this one, the state courts have some leeway in interpreting the Constitution on their own in resolving this habeas action. [read post]
15 Oct 2010, 5:27 am by SHG
The court and Congress have, moreover, severely limited habeas corpus challenges to convictions and sentences. [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 5:13 pm by Thomas J.G. Scott - Guest
Several members of the Court pressed Coleman to explain where, under his proposed rule, the dividing line between habeas corpus and Section 1983 would lie. [read post]
14 Oct 2010, 9:08 am by Steve Hall
The court and Congress have, moreover, severely limited habeas corpus challenges to convictions and sentences. [read post]
13 Oct 2010, 10:33 am by Adam Schlossman
The Supreme Court itself added the second question when it granted the State of California’s certiorari petition, seeking to determine the effect of a California Supreme Court order simply stating that the “[p]etition for writ of habeas corpus is DENIED. [read post]
13 Oct 2010, 8:25 am by brian
§ 1983, or whether such a claim may be asserted only in a petition for writ of habeas corpus. [read post]
13 Oct 2010, 7:40 am by By Adam Wahlberg
Humphrey, in which the Supreme Court held that a post-conviction claim that collaterally attacks a criminal conviction must be brought in habeas corpus, not a civil §1983 claim. [read post]
13 Oct 2010, 7:35 am by A. Benjamin Spencer
“Under this framework, individuals convicted of crimes in state courts seek federal habeas corpus relief through [Section] 2254. [read post]
13 Oct 2010, 7:15 am by Adam Schlossman
§ 1983, or whether such a claim may be asserted only in a petition for writ of habeas corpus. [read post]
13 Oct 2010, 6:05 am by Thomas J.G. Scott - Guest
  The district court dismissed his suit, concluding that Skinner could seek access to the DNA evidence only through a petition for habeas corpus because the request for DNA testing was “‘so intertwined’ with the merits of the conviction as to require habeas corpus treatment. [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 1:53 pm by Kent Scheidegger
Richter is available here.In this case, the defendant made his ineffective assistance of counsel claim for the first time in state court in a habeas corpus petition filed directly in the California Supreme Court, without going to any lower courts first. [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 11:20 am by Anna Christensen
§ 2254(d) and this Court’s precedent permit federal habeas corpus relief on a claim that a state judge unconstitutionally “coerces” jurors to return a guilty verdict by identifying specific evidence in the case as important and instructing them to consider it? [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 5:09 am by zshapiro
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed denial of a writ of habeas corpus due to a failure to comply with the Sixth Amendment’s right to counsel. [read post]
11 Oct 2010, 6:40 pm by James Bickford
After his efforts to obtain state post-conviction relief were unsuccessful, Moore filed a federal habeas corpus petition. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 1:00 pm by Mary A. Fischer
Skinner’s case but on past and future cases as well. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 12:30 pm by markwieczorek
After using all of their rights of appeal on the state level, they may file a writ of habeas corpus in the federal courts in an attempt to show that their federal constitutional rights were violated. [read post]
7 Oct 2010, 6:59 am by Michelle O'Neil
The Dallas Court of Appeals yesterday GRANTED two writs of habeas corpus that I filed on behalf of a Dallas family law client in a contempt/enforcement case on temporary orders. [read post]
5 Oct 2010, 12:48 pm by justia
Bush in 2008 [Guantánamo Bay Military Commissions Act and writ of habeas corpus case]. [read post]
5 Oct 2010, 12:48 pm by justia
Bush in 2008 [Guantánamo Bay Military Commissions Act and writ of habeas corpus case]. [read post]