SUMMARY
Discusses federal habeas corpus, including jurisdiction, statute of limitations, exhaustion, procedural default, deference to state-court decisions, clearly established law, the merits of a claim, ineffective assistance of counsel, factual development, remedies, appeal, successive petitions, special rules for capital cases and federal prisoners, client issues, and local practice. PDF Download - After purchase go to My Content to retrieve your digital file(s).
DESCRIPTION
Chapter 31
FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS
Kristen Boyd
Hon. Kristina Hellman
James Aaron
§ 31.1 INTRODUCTION
§ 31.2 JURISDICTION
§ 31.2-1 Custody
§ 31.2-2 Federal Question
§ 31.2-3 Mootness
§ 31.3 STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
§ 31.3-1 Timing Requirements
§ 31.3-2 Tolling of the Statute of Limitations
§ 31.3-3 Amendment of Pleadings
§ 31.4 EXHAUSTION
§ 31.4-1 The Statutory Requirement
§ 31.4-2 The Mechanics of Exhaustion
§ 31.4-3 “Mixed” Petitions
§ 31.4-4 The Relationship between Exhaustion and Procedural Default
§ 31.5 PROCEDURAL DEFAULT
§ 31.5-1 General Principles
§ 31.5-2 Cause and Prejudice Exception to Procedural Default
§ 31.5-3 Actual-Innocence Exception to Procedural Default
§ 31.6 DEFERENCE TO STATE COURT DECISIONS
§ 31.6-1 Adjudication on the Merits
§ 31.6-2 Deference to Decisions of State Courts
§ 31.6-3 Presumption of Correctness Accorded to Factual Findings by State Courts
§ 31.6-4 Harmless Error
§ 31.7 CLEARLY ESTABLISHED LAW
§ 31.7-1 General Requirements
§ 31.7-2 Finality
§ 31.7-3 Retroactivity
§ 31.8 SUBJECT-MATTER REQUIREMENTS (OR THE MERITS); INEFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL
§ 31.8-1 Other Claims for Relief
§ 31.8-2 Claims That Are Generally Foreclosed
§ 31.9 FACTUAL DEVELOPMENT
§ 31.9-1 Evidentiary Hearings
§ 31.9-2 Expansion of the Record
§ 31.9-3 Discovery
§ 31.10 REMEDIES
§ 31.10-1 General Principles
§ 31.10-2 Unconditional Writs
§ 31.10-3 Conditional Writs
§ 31.10-4 Remedies after a Guilty Plea
§ 31.11 APPEAL
§ 31.11-1 Certificates of Appealability
§ 31.11-2 Standard of Review on Appeal
§ 31.12 SUCCESSIVE PETITIONS
§ 31.12-1 Determining Whether a Petition Is “Second” or “Successive”
§ 31.12-2 Exceptions to the “Second or Successive” Bar
§ 31.13 DEATH PENALTY / SECTION 2255 CASES
§ 31.13-1 Special Rules for Capital Cases
§ 31.13-2 Section 2255 Cases for Federal Prisoners
§ 31.14 CLIENT ISSUES
§ 31.15 LOCAL PRACTICE
§ 31.16 RESOURCES
Appendix 31A Abbreviations