Topic
Every decision we've filed under Habeas Corpus - State Prisoner (28 USC 2254).
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a pro se complaint alleging constitutional violations in a child custody proceeding. The court held that the district court correctly found the claims frivolous and that granting leave to amend would have been futile.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of a federal habeas corpus petition filed by an Arizona death row prisoner. The court held that the prisoner procedurally defaulted most of his ineffective assistance of counsel claims and failed to show cause and prejudice to excuse those defaults.
The Tenth Circuit vacated the dismissal of a state prisoner's habeas petition filed beyond the statutory deadline. The court remanded the case for the district court to address two unresolved timeliness issues.
The Third Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to reopen a habeas petition under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure sixty point B. The court held that a change in case law alone does not constitute the extraordinary circumstances required to reopen a final judgment.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of a habeas corpus petition challenging a death sentence for murder and kidnapping. The panel held that the petitioner failed to develop the factual basis of his claims in state court and could not show prejudice from his trial counsel's performance.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Michael Ray Fuqua. The court held that the Arizona post-conviction relief court did not unreasonably apply federal law in rejecting Fuqua's claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel.
The Tenth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability in a state-prisoner habeas case dismissed as untimely. The court held that the petition was filed years after the federal one-year deadline and that neither statutory nor equitable tolling made the timeliness ruling reasonably debatable.
The Fourth Circuit dismissed Marcus L. Dixon's appeal regarding his habeas corpus petition. The court denied a certificate of appealability, finding no substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.
The Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of qualified immunity to two San Francisco police inspectors who allegedly coerced a witness into fabricating evidence against a man later exonerated after thirty-two years in prison. The court held that a reasonable jury could find the officers violated the plaintiff's due process rights by threatening a young witness with an adult murder charge to secure a false statement.
The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed the denial of a habeas corpus petition, holding that the state court's decision did not meet the stringent standards of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.