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Habeas Hints: Post Conviction Relief
This column is intended to provide habeas hints for prisoners who are considering or handling habeas corpus petitions as their own attorneys in propia persona. The focus of the column is habeas corpus practice under the AEDPA, the 1996 habeas corpus law which now governs habeas corpus practice throughout the ...
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More from this issue:
- Collateral Damage: The Children of Prisoners, by Tom Lowenstein
- Oregon Bulk Mail Ban Struck Down Again
- From the Editor, by Paul Wright
- Prisoner Killed in California Prison, by Michael Rigby
- $525,000 Paid in California Prisoner Beating Death
- Habeas Hints: Post Conviction Relief, by Kent Russell
- Book Review: The Prisons by Maggie Jaffe, by Michael McIrvin
- Dominican Women Prisoners Strike for Conjugal Visits, by Julia Lutsky
- U.S. Supreme Court Holds Warrantless Probationary Searches Are Valid
- The Death Penalty in the U.S.A. -- Past, Present, and Future, by Roger Hummel
- $540,000 Settlement in Minnesota Jail Beating
- $540,000 Settlement in Minnesota Jail Beating, by Robert Woodman
- Ex-Ohio Sheriff's Deputy Wins $650,000 Verdict Against CMS for Prisoner Escape
- Two Federal Courts Grant Injunction for HCV Treatment
- U.S. Supreme Court: Administrative Exhaustion Required for All Prisoner Section 1983 Suits, by John E Dannenberg
- Summary Judgment Denied in Ohio Jail Booking Fee Challenge, by Robert Woodman
- U.S. Supreme Court: Qualified Immunity Determination Must Precede Trial on Merits, by John E Dannenberg
- $1,500 Awarded in New York Slapping Case
- Punch & Jurists: Criminal Law News You Can Use, by Paul Wright
- California Jury Awards $1 Million in Jail Rape
- Disciplinary Board Must Assess Confidential Informant's Reliability
- Third Circuit Vacates $300,000 Beating Award, Orders New Trial
- New Mexico Caps High Telephone Rates
- Three Arkansas Guards Sentenced in Beating
- Washington Infraction Invalid Where No Notice of Prohibited Conduct Given
- ADA/RA Suit for Sign Language Interpreters Proceeds for Prospective Injunctive Relief, by John E Dannenberg
- Forced AA/NA for Parolee Defeats Qualified Immunity
- Tenth Circuit Vacates Religious Diet Awards Under PLRA Physical Injury Rule
- TDCJ Not Immune from Suit in Medical Malpractice Death Case
- California Jail Settles Rape Case for $95,000
- Denial of Grievance Forms Is Denial of Remedy
- Jail Policy to Not Segregate Gangs Does Not Violate Constitution, by John E Dannenberg
- Texas Appeals Court Grants Prisoner Mandamus on Discovery
- Complaints Must Be Concise, To the Point
- News in Brief
- California Guards Bust Budget, by Willie Wisely
More from Kent Russell:
- Habeas Hints: Discovery on Habeas Corpus, May 15, 2019
- Habeas Hints: SCOTUS Review 2017-18, Jan. 17, 2019
- Habeas Hints: Evaluating and Initiating IAC Claims, Nov. 28, 2018
- Habeas Hints: Ineffective Assistance of Trial Counsel - Hints for 2018: IAC #1, Jan. 19, 2018
- Habeas Hints: SCOTUS Review 2016–17, Nov. 16, 2017
- Habeas Hints, Oct. 26, 2015
- Habeas Hints: Supreme Court Habeas Review 2014, Nov. 8, 2014
- Habeas Hints: Evidentiary Hearings, May 15, 2006
- Habeas Hints: How to Get DNA Testing, Feb. 15, 2006
- Habeas Hints, Sept. 15, 2005
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- Federal Habeas Corpus: Getting Around Procedural Default, July 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, Summary Disposition, Cause and Prejudice, Proving Cause.
- California Court of Appeal Announces Rulings on Three Issues of First Impression Involving Certificate of Appealability and Habeas Petition, July 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction.
- Ohio Supreme Court Announces Same Postconviction-Relief Filing Deadline Applies to ‘Delayed Appeal’ as Applies to Any Other Type of Direct Appeal, July 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus.
- Retraction: ‘Federal Habeas Corpus: The Savings Clause Remedy for Federal Prisoners’ by Dale Chappell, May 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
- The Death of the Savings Clause, May 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
- Federal Habeas Corpus: Understanding Second or Successive Petitions for State Prisoners, April 15, 2024. Resources, Habeas Corpus, AEDPA.
- Seventh Circuit Orders District Court to Hold Evidentiary Hearing Where Record Insufficient to Permit Review of State Prisoner’s Section 2254 Habeas Petition Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, March 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, AEDPA, Sentence and Judgement, Failure to Consult/Investigate/Raise.
- Oregon Supreme Court Announces ‘Escape Clause’ of Postconviction Relief Statute’s SOL Applies to Severe Mental Impairments During Limitations Period, March 15, 2024. Habeas Corpus, Involuntary Treatment/Drugging, Civil Commitment, Tolling of Statutes of Limitations and Laches.
- Wisconsin Supreme Court: Jail Time Must Be Credited When Charge Causing Jailing Read in At Sentencing, Jan. 1, 2024. Sentencing, Good Time, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Credits.
- Virginia Prisoner Wins Habeas Release on Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim, Oct. 15, 2023. Release and Reentry, Habeas Corpus, Ineffective Assistance of Counsel.