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Every decision we've filed under Habeas Corpus - Actual Innocence Gateway.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit remanded a veterans benefits case to the Veterans Court. The appellate court found the lower court erred by declining to review clear and unmistakable error claims without first determining if they were properly raised.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Joisade Wilford for using and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, rejecting her challenges to the validity of her guilty plea and her claim of actual innocence.
The Tenth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability and dismissed a federal habeas petition because the district court's ruling on the statute of limitations was not reasonably debatable. The court found the one-year filing deadline expired in 2002 and the petitioner's subsequent state filings did not toll the period.