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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
More from these topics:
- 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 Announces Sentencing Reform Act Does Not Authorize Automatic Extension of Supervised Release When Defendant Absconds, Resolving Circuit Split, April 1, 2026. Sentencing, Revocation/Modification of Probation, etc., Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Sentences - Corrections or Modifications of, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release.
- 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.
- Supreme Court of Maryland Announces Division of Correction Must Immediately Apply Time-Served Credit Against Valid Sentences When Convictions Are Vacated and May Not Toll Execution Pending Reprosecution; New Sentences Arising From New Convictions Take, Jan. 1, 2026. Habeas Corpus, Overdetention, Effect of Vacatur, Credits, Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences.
- Alabama Supreme Court Denies DOC’s Improper Venue Objection, Jan. 1, 2026. Defenses, Good Time, Habeas Corpus, Failure to Object, Authority and Jurisdiction.
- DOJ Leaves Louisiana Over-Detention Suit on Life Support, Two Others Granted Class-Action Status, Dec. 1, 2025. Class Certification, Habeas Corpus, Overdetention, Fourteenth Amendment, rights, Unlawful Detention.
- Ex-Wife of Minnesota DOC Commissioner Sentenced for Poisoning Attempt on Son, Dec. 1, 2025. Out of State Transfers, Sentencing, Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations, Confessions and Statements of Defendant, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas.

