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Martin v. Bartow

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
District court's dismissal of defendant's petition for habeas relief from his civil commitment as a sexually violent person based on a 1988 conviction...

Moormann v. Ryan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) trial counsel's failure to investigate and pursue a...

Bills v. Clark

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a prosecution for possession of a sharp instrument by a state prisoner, the dismissal of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where equitable...

Digsby v. McNeil

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a prosecution for being a felon in possession of a firearm, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where petitioner did not show that...

Timms v. Johns

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
District court's grant of defendant's request for habeas relief, challenging the government's efforts to commit him as a sexually dangerous person...

Sacora v. Thomas

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 2241 challenging the policies by which the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) placed inmates in community...

Lopez v. Trani

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In an application for a certificate of appealability to appeal the district court's denial of petitioner's 28 U.S.C. section 2254 habeas petition, the...

McGee v. Martinez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In an inmate's petition pro se under 28 U.S.C. section 2241, claiming that his rights were being violated by the "unconstitutional conditions of...

Maxwell v. Roe

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where: 1) a state witness's false testimony was material and its...

Curtis v. Chester

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
In a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. section 2241 challenging the U.S. Parole Commission's decision to revoke his parole and set an above-guidelines...