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Habeas Corpus Book
Loaded on Oct. 15, 1992
published in Prison Legal News
October, 1992, page 5
Clark Boardman has published Prisoner Collateral Attacks , a guide to bringing or defending against inmates lawsuits challenging their confinement. Topics include: prisoner challenges to state and federal convictions; the exhaustion of state remedies requirement; appealing a district court decision, procedural default; showing cause and prejudice; the miscarriage of justice …
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More from this issue:
- Challenging Prison Censorship, by Paul Wright
- Five Boot Camp Guards Fired
- Waupun Law Library Declared Unconstitutional, by Adrian Lomax
- Wash. DOC Given $15 Million
- Cell Searches States Claim
- Disciplinary Hearing Must Rely on Preponderance of Evidence
- Guard Liable for Not Stopping Beating by Other Guards
- Outside Strip Search Constitutes Excessive Force
- From The Editor, by Paul Wright
- Prisoner Entitled to Receive Medication
- Habeas Corpus Book
- Prisoner Rights Directory
- Killer Cops Whine About "Cop Killer", by Paul Wright
- Guard Killed - MANCI Madness, by John Perotti
- Uprising at Military Prison, by Carolyn Dock
- State Must Store Excess Property
- Prisoner Fined for Frivolous Suit
- Cons Entitled to Minimum Wage, by Adrian Lomax
- Telephone Announcements Halted
- Illinois Facing Prison Crisis
- Tom Manning Moved to Marion
- Seeking Jailhouse Lawyers?, by Gerald Mose
More from these topics:
- Federal Habeas Quick Reference Guide for State Prisoners, Sept. 1, 2026. Retroactivity, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Cause and Prejudice.
- Sixth Circuit Holds Kentucky Deficient-Counsel Belated-Appeal Procedure Tolls Federal Habeas One-Year Limitations Period, Sept. 1, 2026. Limitations, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Failure to Preserve Challenge, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches.
- Formally Available, Rarely Granted: A State Prisoner’s Guide to Federal Habeas Relief, Sept. 1, 2026. Administrative Exhaustion, Habeas Corpus, Bureau of Prisons Orders, Administrative Law/Remedies, Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches, Federal Rules of Evidence, Statute of Limitations.
- Eleventh Circuit Holds § 2255 Motion Not “Second or Successive” After Intervening Amended Judgment Corrected Unlawful Sentences, Even as to Claims Concerning an Undisturbed Count, Aug. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Effect of Vacatur.
- Eighth Circuit Dismisses Federal Prisoner’s Challenge to BOP Denying His Request for Expedited Transfer to Prerelease Custody, June 1, 2026. Release and Reentry, Habeas Corpus, First Step Act, Community Confinement/Home Detention, Credits.
- Sixth Circuit Announces State-Law Exceptions to Appeal Deadlines Preserve “Pending” Status Under AEDPA, Holding Belated-Appeal Procedures Toll Federal Habeas Limitations Period, April 1, 2026. Limitations, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Appealable Issues/Orders, Failure to Address/Advise Defendant.
- SCOTUS Sides with Federal Prisoner in Habeas Review Case, March 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Mandatory Minimum Sentence, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Predicate Acts/Offenses.
- SCOTUS Announces Federal Prisoners May Seek Certiorari Review of Authorization Denials Under § 2255(h) and Are Not Subject to § 2244(b)(1)’s Bar on Previously Presented Claims, Feb. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Appealable Issues/Orders, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Authority and Jurisdiction.
- California Court of Appeal: Trial Courts Have Inherent Authority to Correct Unauthorized Sentences at Any Time Without Habeas Petition, Jan. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, Possession or Use of Firearms, Sentences - Authorized, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Effect of Vacatur.
- First Circuit Announces Modification of Juvenile’s Life-Without-Parole Sentence to Parole-Eligible Life Term Constitutes “New Judgment” Under AEDPA, Exempting Second-in-Time Habeas Petition From Gatekeeping Requirements, Jan. 1, 2026. Parole, Habeas Corpus, Life without Parole (LWOP), AEDPA, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders.